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5/5 Barnes & Noble Subject Activity book Publication date 2014 Pages 192 Followed by The Pointless Book 2 Country United Kingdom | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Publisher Blink Publishing Media type Print Originally published 4 September 2014 Page count 192 ISBN 9781905825905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The pointless book
The Pointless Book is a 2014 activity book by British vlogger, YouTuber and presenter Alfie Deyes.
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Background
Deyes runs a number of popular YouTube channels. The book contains 'pointless tasks' such as baking a cake of mud or creating a time capsule and contains interactive features.
Reception
The book sold 30,000 copies in its first two weeks, and was top of The Times of London Bestseller list and a bestseller overall for 2014. The book was praised for its range of activities by fellow YouTubers, however similarities with Wreck This Journal were noted and was reviewed in The Guardian. A signing at a bookstore in Piccadilly Circus in London was attended by 8,000 'screaming fans' and resulted in road closures and police helicopters being used, forcing Deyes to reschedule another event at ExCel London while more than 1000 attended a signing in Birmingham.